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Send a message to Coke's CEO: Stop interfering in national park policy!

As national parks across the country take steps to go bottled-water free, Coke is attempting to halt this common sense trend. Let Coke CEO, Muhtar Kent know Coke's interference in park policy is unacceptable.

Dear CEO Kent,

Decisions about park policy should be made transparently by park employees and the public they serve, not by a global beverage corporation behind closed doors. I stand with more than 40,000 park goers and 150 groups across the country to support the Golden Gate Recreation Area, Mount Rainier National Park and other national parks and historical sites to end bottled-water sales. And I ask you to end your interference in park policy. Let parks do what’s right for the environment, taxpayers and the tap.

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